The first Virtual PC lab is now tested/running (see the screen shot below) - I'm handing the lab over to MSDN today for testing and to release to the MSDN Virtual Labs web site.
This seems like an interesting way to get "hands on" with the Windows...

Ever wondered how the boot.ini and arc path settings are used to determine the boot device on your Windows XP Embedded system? - Sean Liming has an article on Windows for Devices that explains the boot arc path settings.
- Mike

As an update to the " Flying with Unreliable Penguins " post I thought it would be useful to point you at the WatchDogTimer APIs on Windows CE -
Watchdog timers are used to make sure critical processes are running as expected. Typically, every critical...

I'm working on a number of Windows CE 6 Virtual Labs - if you want to see what the experience is like you might want to check out some Windows Mobile 5.0 Virtual Labs
I know that Loke Uei is working on some more Windows Mobile labs as we speak (well...

The Windows XP Embedded team has been working on a Feature Pack with a bunch of interesting features and are getting close to making this available as a Community Technology Preview (CTP), note that this isn't a Beta.
I snagged the following from the...

This extract from SpeedTv.com - Bridgestone and Microsoft have been granted exclusive contracts to be the sole suppliers, of tires and ECUs respectively, of Formula 1 beginning in 2008.
The move to a single tire supplier and standardized ECUs (Electronic...

If you are interested in getting "Hands on" with the Beta of Windows CE 6.0 you can now head over to MSDN Virtual Labs and take a 90 minute hands on lab - you don't need Visual Studio or Windows CE tools installed to run the lab - you will need to install...

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is based on Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 (SP2) and is designed for companies with a significant number of older Windows PCs that they aren't ready to replace and that can't be easily upgraded to Windows...

Sometimes you really don't know what you don't know until you stumble across something that shows you what you didn't know. In my case I'm using Virtual PC 2004 to build some Virtual labs for Windows CE 6 - We get 'daily builds' of the Windows CE operating...

This test tool helps developers of Windows Mobile applications test various security policies for Windows Mobile devices. It is designed as a desktop application that ships with a preset list of “security configurations”.
A security configuration...

Alexander Wechsler (MVP for Windows Embedded) has been working on a utility to make it easier to build Windows XP Embedded systems that use EWF (the Enhanced Write Filter) and HORM (Hibernate Once, Resume Many) - The utility is called HORM Manager Pro...

Interesting news from the LG-Nortel web site - Microsoft and LG-Nortel announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for broad range collaboration in Voice over IP (VoIP), including Windows CE-based IP terminals and a new Windows CE 6.0...

The number of Windows CE community projects is growing - over the last couple of days a Phidgets and LSP sample have bee added to the community projects. Expect to see some additional projects being added shortly.
- Mike

David Jones (left), university lecturer at RMIT (Melbourne, Australia) has an embedded blog where he discusses working with the Windows CE 6 Beta, the Windows Embedded Student Challenge (which has just finished for this year) and also appears to talk...

Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell (of SysInternals fame) are moving to Microsoft through the acquisition of Winternals Software .
Mark Russinovich will join the Microsoft Platforms & Services Division as a technical fellow, working with numerous...

Check out the following Microsoft/Robotics/Academia press release , and the second Microsoft Robotics announcement
<snip> Microsoft Corp. today announced the creation of the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) in partnership with...

Marvel Comics has released a Halo graphic novel (Master Chief is now as much a super hero as SpiderMan, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men!!) - you can preview the graphic novel on the Marvel Comics web site .
ComicIcon has more information about the...

The Visual Studio for Devices team are planning their support for the next release of Visual Studio (codename Orcas) - The current plan is to drop support for .NET Compact Framework 1.0 - The VSD team are looking for your feedback over on their blog ...

This evenings WE-DIG session is covering some of the updates to the .NET Compact Framework v2.0 SP1 - There are a ton of useful updates, including headless support for embedded devices! - more information on the update to v2.0 sp1 can be found on the...